Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles -- play along with us as we try to untangle some perplexing situations using yes-or-no questions.
Intro:
In the 1850s, a $5 bill featuring Santa Claus was legal tender in the United States.
In 1910 DuPont suggested that "some farmers have a wrong idea about dynamite."
The sources for this week's puzzles are below. In a few places we've included links to further information -- these contain spoilers, so don't click until you've listened to the episode:
Puzzle #1 is from listener Cody Scace.
Puzzle #2 is from listener Jay Graham.
Puzzle #3 is from Greg. Here are two links.
Puzzle #4 is from listener Paul Rippey.
Puzzle #5 is from listener Hanno Zulla, who sent these links.
Puzzle #6 is from Greg.
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Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode.
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205-The White Mouse
204-Mary Anning's Fossils
203-Notes and Queries
202-The Rosenhan Experiment
201-The Gardner Heist
200-Lateral Thinking Puzzles
199-The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
198-The Man Who Wouldn't Die
197-Alone Across the Outback
196-The Long Way Home
195-A Case of Musical Plagiarism
194-The Double Life of Clarence King
193-The Collyer Brothers
192-The Winchester Diver
191-The Longest Flight
190-Mary Patten and the Neptune's Car
189-The "Wild White Man"
188-The Bat Bomb
187-A Human Being in the Bronx Zoo
186-The Children's Blizzard
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